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SKYLOOK Copy 50* V If VI I I I I 1C " We te " if ° S Jt is " Year $5.00 U.S.A. *J 1% I l_lJ U il December 1973 $6.00 Elsewhere W 111 ••%/ W II _ No. 73 Send Subwriptions to SKYLOOK, Box J 29, Stover. Mo. 65078 PUBLISHED MONTHLY Mr». Norma E. Short, Editor and Publisher Know Tour Magazine 1 Where -to Order MUFON.Publications .-1 A Message From Tour Director 2 SKTNET-"Making Sense From Confusion" ....... 3 California Man Has Good View of UFQ-And Occupant I. 4 Bright Lights Seen in Monterey & Marin City, Ca. . 5 Helicopter In Near-Collusion with UFO 6 Ohio Governor Sees UFO' 6 Strange-Creature Stalls. Auto in .Georgia. ..... 7 Witnesses Watch UFO Landing in Penn g •Shock Wave Felt in Several States, Oct. llth ... 9 •AF Chief of Staff says.UFOs "Plagued us in Vietnam" 9 UFO Spins Car Around: Projects Deer."Backward" . . 10 UFOs in Minnesota .,.-...... .. . 10. UFO Over Arizona Makes "Swishing" Sound 10 An unidentified submerged illuminating object . . 11 UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain . 12 NBC TV News White Paper on UFO T s Cancelled . . . .13. UFO T s' Over Chicago -. .13 UFO Chases Canadians . ...... 13 Flying Saucer Is Seen In Peru. . 14 Orange. Lights Over Belgium 14 Argentines Sight' UFO ... . ..... ; . . 14 Outbuilding 'Roofs Lifted & Crash on Roof of House, UFO Seen, Roodepoort, Africa 14 African Astronomer Watches Bright Object ..... 15 More UFOs Seen In Africa 15 Gisborne, Australia Residents See Glowing Disc With Rotating Lights and Bright Jets 15 In Others r Words 16 Astronomy Notes . . . . ... ... . 17 Organization News From Around.the Network. . . '.. . id

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Page 1: MUFON UFO Journal - 1973 12. December - Skylook

SKYLOOKCopy 50* V If VI I I I I 1C "We te" if °S Jt is"Year $5.00 U.S.A. *J 1% I l_lJ U il December 1973$6.00 Elsewhere W 111 ••%/ W II „ _

No. 73

Send Subwriptions to SKYLOOK, Box J 29, Stover. Mo. 65078 PUBLISHED MONTHLY Mr». Norma E. Short, Editor and Publisher

Know Tour Magazine 1Where -to Order MUFON.Publications .-1A Message From Tour Director 2SKTNET-"Making Sense From Confusion" ....... 3California Man Has Good View of UFQ-And Occupant I. 4Bright Lights Seen in Monterey & Marin City, Ca. . 5Helicopter In Near-Collusion with UFO 6Ohio Governor Sees UFO' 6Strange-Creature Stalls. Auto in .Georgia. ..... 7Witnesses Watch UFO Landing in Penn g•Shock Wave Felt in Several States, Oct. llth ... 9•AF Chief of Staff says.UFOs "Plagued us in Vietnam" 9UFO Spins Car Around: Projects Deer."Backward" . . 10UFOs in Minnesota .,.-...... .. . 10.UFO Over Arizona Makes "Swishing" Sound 10An unidentified submerged illuminating object . . 11UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain . 12NBC TV News White Paper on UFOTs Cancelled . . . .13.UFO Ts' Over Chicago -. .13UFO Chases Canadians . . ..... 13Flying Saucer Is Seen In Peru. . 14Orange. Lights Over Belgium 14Argentines Sight' UFO • ... . ..... ;. . 14Outbuilding 'Roofs Lifted & Crash on Roof of House,

UFO Seen, Roodepoort, Africa 14African Astronomer Watches Bright Object ..... 15More UFOs Seen In Africa 15Gisborne, Australia Residents See Glowing Disc

With Rotating Lights and Bright Jets 15In Othersr Words 16Astronomy Notes . . . . ... ... . 17Organization News From Around.the Network. . . '.. . id

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S K Y L 0 0 K Know Your Magazine

Editor & Publisher:Mrs. Norma E. ShortBox 129Stover, Mo., 65073

Public Relations:Mrs. Rosetta Holmes1690 Hill DriveCarlyle, 111. 62231

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SKYLOOK was first published in September1967. Your editor also became the publisherin 1969, and SKYLOOK became a monthly pub-lication. We became the official publicationof the Mutual UFO Network in May , 1969 (thenknown as the Midwest UFO Network). Subscript-ions are open to members and non members„

SKYLOOK is staffed by and for adults. Ourpolicy is to tell it as it is, and we makeevery effort to separate fact from fantasy ininvestigating and reporting the UFO phenomenon.

Readers are invited to send UFO reports andnews clips. Credit is given for material used,but anonymity is yours if you request it.

The deadline for copy for next month's issueis always the 20th of this month. Send in copyas early as possible.

Mail all material for SKYLOOK to the editorat Box 129, Stover, Mo., 65073,

Enquiries re MUFON should be mailed to WalterH. Andrus, 40 Christopher Ct., Quincy, 111.62301.

Where To Order MUFON Publications

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MUFON Symposium 1973 - all the lectures, otherUFO papers, a history of MUFON, Articles byStanton T. Friedman, J. Allen Hynek, Walter H.Andrus, Ted Phillips, Adrian Vance, John F.Schuessler and Barry H. Downing. $3.25 in USAand Canada; $4.00 elsewhere.Make check payable to, and mail to: MUFON Inc.,40 Christopher Court, Quincy, 111. 62301

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A Message From Your Director

As a result of the Colorado MUFON organizational meeting in Denver on Oct. 13,Ken Steinmetz is pleased to announce two new State-Section Directors. James Bal-lard, 50693 Highway 6&24, Glenwood Springs, Colo. 81601, telephone AC303 945-8497, will be responsible for Garfield, kike, Eagle, Mesa, and Pitkin counties.Jim's specialized training in Criminology and Theology is not only apropos inhis vocation as a police officer, but is applicable to his avocation. State-Section Director for Jefferson and Clear Creek counties is William F. Coellen,Jr., 11143 W. Ohio Place, Lakewood, Colo. 80226, telephone AC 303 985-1268.Bill, a computer system programmer, is a graduate of the University of Coloradoand an amateur astronomer.

John Schuessler is very proud to announce the appointment of Irvin Summers,Ph.D., 1350 E. Walnut Lawn, Springfield, Mo. 65807, telephone AC 417 883-7161, asState-Section Director for the Missouri counties of Greene, Christian, Stone, Taneyand Webster, Dr. Summers is a professor at Southwest Missouri State Universityand will serve MUFON as a Consultant in Geology.

Larry Speigel, 3 Pearl Street, Plymouth, N. H. 03264, telephone AC 603 536-1340,has volunteered to serve as State-Section Director for Grafton and Carroll countiesin New Hampshire. He has taught UFO courses at the local college.

Mrs. John S. (Margaret) Pine, 506 Central Ave., Mauldin, S. C. 29662, telephoneAC 803 963-8300, has been selected as the State-Section Director for Greenville,Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee counties in South Carolina. Margaret is Chairman oftheir local UFO group in Greenville (A.P.I.O.).

Robert Smulling, State Director for Illinois, has appointed Richard M. Schell,Jr., 904 N. Broadway #219, Urbana, 111. 61801, telephone AC 21? 344-1150, as State-Section Director for Champaign and Douglas counties. Rick is a computer educationspecialist and a graduate of the University of Illinois. MUFON's legal staff ex-panded when Joseph M. Gughemetti, 400 Davey Glen Road #4503, BeLmont, Ca. 94002telephone AC 415 592-1459, volunteered his services as a Legal Advisor and FieldInvestigator. Joe is a practicing attorney and a graduate of the University of SanFrancisco Law School,

It would be difficult to include all of the fabulous news that has occurred dur-ing the past month with respect to MUFONj we will only touch on the high points.

Additional speakers for the 1974 MUFON Symposium in Akron, Ohio, on June 22,1974, will be Berthold E. Schwarz, M. D., from Montclair, N. J., who has titledhis presentation "FSI, Saucers, and Psychiatry." Dr. Schwarz is internationallyknown for his applications of psychiatry to the study of UFO percipients and asa contributor to Flying Saucer Review.

Stanton T. Friedman, Nuclear Physicist and popular UFO lecturer at colleges anduniversities, will again be featured at our 1974 Symposium, Stan, a Consultant toMUFON, is a dynamic, appealing speaker and an enthusiastic MUFON emissary.

The DICK CAVETT ShowOn November 2, Dick Cavett gave the Mutual UFO Network nationwide TV publicity

when he acknowledged the use of nine UFO photographs on his show devoted entirelyto UFOs. Participants appearing as Dick's guests were Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Brig.General James McDivitt (astronaut), Dr. Carl Sagan (astronomer), Capt. LawrenceCoyne (helicopter pilot), Charles Hickson (P ascagoula, Miss.), and John WallaceSpencer (author). "The Dick Cavett Show," Daphne Productions, Inc., is to becommended for their outstanding programming and selection of guests, making itundoubtedly the finest UFO TV program in recent years. Our personal thanks notonly to Dick Cavett, but to John Berendt and Joan Kramer, who worked with yourdirector behind the scenes.

Center For UFO StudiesDr. J. Allen Hynek took the "Dick Cavett Show" as an opportunity to announce

the founding of the new "Center for UFO Studies" and the nationwide toll-freetelephone number to make UFO sighting reports. The "Enterprise Number" 800-621-7725 has been established for the purpose of answering the question, "Where does onereport a UFO sighting in localities where Field Investigators or Research Teamsdo not exist?" Effective Dec. 1, 1973, the operator will request the name and

(Continued on Back Page)

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SKYNET - "Making Sense From Confusion" - By Ann Druffel, SKYNET Director

When asked for a one-page article on SKSNET's purpose and function, I thought itwould be easy to describe the project which has occupied a great part of my researchtime during the past eight years. It has proved a difficult task, however, to sum-marize SKYNET's multiple purposes and results.

Originally conceived by the Los Angeles NICAP Subcommittee in 1965, SKYNET, aunique UFO tracking/identification system, is now an official adjunct of the MutualUFO Network and its Southern California Section.

In view of the present nationwide flap and the heightened scientific approach toUFO research, Walt Andrus, MUFON Director, and the MUFON members in our area feelit is time to spread the idea of SKYNET to other cities and rural localities through-out the country.

Basically, SKYNET is a group of dedicated UFO researchers and other interestedcitizens, comprising a loosely-knit skywatch team. It involves immediate dissem-ination of sighting information, prompt investigation and analysis of results forcorrelative purposes.

The heart of the system is the SKYNET map. Though concentrated in the Los AngelesBasin, the map's southern limit is San Diego near the Mexican border, its northernrim is the Antelope Valley, its eastern edge is the Santa Ana-Orange County area ofHeflin fame, and the western edge isthe Pacific Ocean and its offshore islands.

The location of each of 52 member locations are marked with numbered signal dots,their numbers corresponding to information on a Member List. Each member is provide da map, list, and Instructions on Procedure. By means of these, which are kept currentthrough laborious detailed work, each member knows who lives in line-of-sight of anyunexplained object in the sky. The equipment available to SKYNET runs through the'usual cameras, binoculars, elevation-finders, compasses, recorders, telescopes etcup to such exotic devices as UFO dectors, a radio telescope, and an advanced designfisheye camera/magnetometer invention!

The gathering of good UFO reports is SKYNET's main task. But we have gainedspinoff results such as the sharpening of identification skills. Having becomefamiliar with local atmospheric conditions, some peculiar to the Los Angeles area,we have learned to recognize many conventional objects which can become twistedinto weird and puzzling shadows of their real selves. In addition, we have de-tected recurring phenomena such as mystifying "cloud cigars" in the Santa CatalinaChanne] and small, craft-like objects in Orange County which have a penchant forclose approaches to witnesses.

In spite of all its exhausting and time-consuming work, SKYNET has proved wellworthwhile. Statistical studies are now being made on the more than 200 casesalready on our report charts. The data is being fed into the MUFON computer listsand Dave Saunder's UFOCAT. If there are readers out there who feel they mightlike to begin a SKYNET system in their area, they are invited to write me at 257Sycamore Glen, Pasadena, California 91105.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Sorry, folks, but we have to do it—raise the subscription rateson SKYIOOK. We held off as long as we possibly cou Id; but post-age rates continue to go up; and our printer has to charge usmore because he has to pay more for paper —and so it goes. If

some of our readers wonder why some national magazines can afford to accept $/* fora subscription, the answer is simple—just one word—ADVERTISING. Think about it.Beginning with this issue of SKYIOOK, our rates are:

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California Man Has Good View of UFO—And Occupant!

In Bind Valley, California, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Gary J.Chopic, saw an unidentified object and an occupant on October 4, 1973. Severalreports have reached SKY.LOOK, and—as usual—we draw on the reporting by DavidBranch and Robert B. Klinn ("The Register," Santa Ana, Calif.) for the best accountof the event.

The authors went first to police department headquarters, Sind Valley, and ob-tained a copy of the police report. Lt. C. G. Chrestman said, "The first thing Chop-ic said to me was 'I 'm not a drinking man, and I just got through eating dinner. .'"

The official report follows:City of Simi ValleyCase No. 73-20548Date 10-4-73Time 1850 (6:50 p.m.)Type of ComplaintU.F.O.Person Reporting, Chopic, Gary JayR-P (person reporting) states he was W-B (westbound) on the Simi Fwy (freeway) atapprox. 1850 hrs, driving his 1973 Chev wagon in the NR (number) 2 lane. R-P statesas he was climbing the hill towards Pass Road, he obs (observed) an unk (unknown)object, just above the top of the hills. R-P states the object appeared to looklike a space cone. The object dropped behind the hills and out of sight. R-P stateshe pulled to the slow lane of traffic and reduced his speed. R-P stated as he ap-proached the off ramp for Kuehner Dr he obs a cloud of dust off to right side ofthe Fiiy and below it. R-P stated he stopped on the Fwy shoulder and above the Kuehneroff ramp and got out of his eh ( vehicle) to see where the dust was coming from.

R-P states he obs a large object approx 30' X 50', triangle shape with a 10' bluntnose on it. R-P states it was pink-gray in color, with no visible lights. R-P stateshe obs this object for approx 3 min, and during this time itdid not appear to touchthe ground.

R-P states while watching the object a man came out of the front and crawled tothe rear and but of sight. The object had what appeared to be a bubble on top, andit rolled over after the man was gone. R-P states at this time dust engulfed theobject and whole area. R-P stated when the dust cleared the object was gone, andso was the man.

Reporting Officer W. Nelson 115Reviewed by Officer C. G. Chrestman 4 Oct 73

That is the basic story, without a fill-in of details. We obtained these fromthe "Register" report of Oct. 3!, 1973 and also from Bob Engens report in Oct. 12edition of "Tfre Enterprise Sun & News."

Chopic estimated his distance from object as 80 to 100 feet. As it hoveredabout 10 feet above the ground, it swayed "like a boat at anchor."

Chopic said a large insignia covered the entire side oft he craft. He said itlooked like a huge V with progressively smaller Vs inside the larger figure. In thewaning light of twilight, he could not discern whether colors were involved orwhether it was, indeed, an insignia-at all, but perhaps a series of vents. Therewere no visible windows or doors but from the bottom of the craft protruded ahose-like object approximately eight feet long and about one foot in diameter thatnot quite reached the ground.

At the top of the vehicle, Chopic noted a clear glass-like bubble approximatelythree feet in diameter which swiveled "like a ball."

"From inside the bubble I could see a light colored object moving around, andas I continued to look, an individual came from the opposite side of the machinecrawling around the side toward the front—the narrower end of the craft. He lookedup toward me and scrambled to the other side of the craft and disappeared. But just

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about the time he spotted me, I heard a clicking sound which lasted two to threeseconds-sounding something like an automatic weapon from a distance."

Chopic said the "being" looked like a man of normal dimensions, but he woresomething.appearing similar to a wet suit except that it was a lighter color, . .perhaps silver. While he could not see the man's facial features, the face look-ed darker than the uniform.

After the man retreated inside the vehicle, the bubble again rotated and dis-appeared inside, flush with the .smooth deck of the craft, Chopic said. Suddenlythe vehicle began to make a whirring or low humming sound and at the same time afog-rlike substance began to appear, enveloping the .entire craft. The "fog" ex-uded a sweet odor, not flowery, Chopic said, but perhaps close to certain incensescents.

And all disappeared almost inmediatel y.Chopic said he sat in his car for sometime trying to decide if he shou Id report

what he had seen. He felt many would think he was "nuts," but decided to make thereport as he felt the authorities should know and consider the fact it might happenagain and perhaps involve some danger.

Chopic has never believed in UFOs and isn't sure now that visitors from outerspace can come to earth—but he is disturbed by what he saw and has no explanationfor it. . '

It is interesting to note that after the report appeared in "The Enterprise,"a woman who declined to identify herself, called Chopic to inform him she and herhusband also had seen a similar object in the same locality one week prior toChopic's sighting. She descritied the object as round, but Chopic reasoned thatif viewed from different angles, it could appear either round or cigar shaped.Source: Newspapers named in article.. Credits: Mrs. Idabel Epperson and Prof. C. Kahlert

Bright Light's Seen in Monterey And Marin City. California

Pete Hart stra, '19, a Monterey, Calif, parking lot attendant, says he and twofriends saw a spherical object surrounded by a bluish green glow and trailing anorange yellow tail come over Cannery Row Tuesday night, Oct. 16. Hartstra de-scribed the object which he said was just high enough to clear the buildings as"larger than a Cadillac." It made no noise as it moved rapidly overhead, droppeddown behind the .restaurant and disappeared.. He ran to the Bay side of the restaurantbut saw nothing.

Sgt. Ken Froberg, of Marin City, Calif, said he sighted a "bluish-green objectlike a ball with an orange tail" that streaked through the sky for about five sec-onds before disappearing. Deputy John Brunslik, on duty at Point Reyes, reportedseeing a "white object like a meteorite falling downward sideways that turned areddish color and then burst apart." He said it then reappeared and burst apartagain.

Calls were received from Los Angeles to San Franciso from people who saw thebright object. A spokesman at Vanderiberg Air Force Base in Southern Californiasaid no rockets had been fired there Tuesday night.Source: "Monterey Peninsula Herald," Oct. 17. Credit: L. Hern.

Planet in Trouble—The UFO Assault on Earth, by Jerome Eden. Shocking details ofactual battles between Dr. Wilhelm Reich and UFOs! Shows how UFOs are destroyingEarth; what Earthmen can do to survive. Must reading for serious UFO researchers.Hardcover, $7.95 postpaid. Order from. EDEN, Box 34-S, Careywood, Idaho 83809.—Adv.

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Helicopter In Near-Collusion With UFO - "Chopper" Lifted By Unknown Force

Army Reserve helicopter pilot, Capt. L awrence Coyne, a member of the 316th Med-ical Detachment stationed at Cleveland, Ohio, Hopkins Airport, was returning fromColumbus at 11 p.m. Oct. 18. They were flying at 2,500 feet when the crew chief,Spec 5 Robert J. Yanacsek, 23, reported a red light about five miles to the east.

Captain Coyne said the crew at first thought it was a radio beacon, but Spec-ialist Yanacsek yelled, ''The light is moving. It's coming at us. It's on a colli-sion course!"

Coyne, a veteran of 19 years of military flying, grabbed the controls from hisco-pilot, Lt. Arriggo D. Jezzi, 26, of Sandusky.

"It looked like a fighter plane coming straight for us," he said. "I tookimmediate evasive action. I cut the power and dropped into a shallow dive.Wedropped to 2,000 feet, and it was headed right for us. We braced for impact."

Captain Coyne said that when the helicopter reached 1,500 feet, the approach-ing craft appeared to stop momentarily about 500 feet overhead and banked to oneside.

"We looked up and saw it stopped right over us," Coyne said. "It had a big, graymetallic-looking hull about 60 feet long."

'¥e never saw anything like it before," he said. "It was unreal ... a cigarshaped craft with a glowing steady red light on its leading edge. A hull was at thevery top of it and a green light emitted from the rear of the craft filled ourcabin with a green glow. It was eerie."

Captain Coyne said the strange craft hovered over the helicopter only a fewseconds. He said he glanced at the altimeter and" noticed that the helicopter hadrisen to 3,800 feet.

None of the crew members felt the gravitational pull normally felt when a hel-icopter rises, Captain Coyne added.

"We felt a bounce, and then the other craft took off to the northeast." Secondslater the craft disappeared.

The'pilot said efforts were made to radio Mansfield Airport immediately, butthe helicopter received no response. He said the unusual communications blackoutlasted about 10 minutes, until radio contact was established with the Akron-CantonAirport.

Based'on the quick appearance and disappearance of the craft, the crew membersestimated its speed at more than 600 miles per hour. Captain Coyne said a conven-tional aircraft flying that close to the helicopter would create a great deal ofnoise but said no noise was heard.

The crew confirmed Captain Coyne's report and all agreed they had never seenanything like the strange aircraft before. Flight officials contacted after thechopper landed could offer no explanation.Source: "Cincinnati Enquirer," Oct. 22, 1973, and other news clips sent to SKYLOOKby Nils Paquette, Lou Parish, Shirley Marlowe, Joe Brill, Leonard Sexson—-and wealso1 thank other readers whose clips may come in after this report is written. Ye Ed.

Ohio Governor Sees UFO —Gov. John J. Gilligan, of Ohio, told State House reportersOct. 1? that he and his wife watched a "vertical shaped, amber colored" object fora period of 30 to 35 minutes the night before while driving toward Ohi near AnnArbor, Michigan.Source: "Dayton Daily News." Credit: George Pelizzari.

WHY NOT GIVE SKYLOOK FOR CHRISTMAS? We'll send the Christmas card announcing yourgift, and do the "wrapping"—gift subscriptions will be accepted until Dec. 20 at thesubscription rate of $4 for one year (United States) and $5 for one year (elsewhere).Remember, this applies ONLY to GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS k —Ye Ed

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Strange Great tire Stalls Auto in Georgia —Car Intensely Hot

The following appeared in the Oct. 30 edition of "The Huntsville Times," Hunts-ville, Alabama, and was written by Barry Casebplt, Times science writer. Ourthank you to Betty R. Parker, one of pur new subscribers, for sending.us the newsclip (also for the others, Betty). Here's the story:

A business woman from Huntsville can't explain her bizarre experience on theGeorgia super highway. Nothing like it has ever happened to her before.

The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she saw a four-foot-tall "metalman" who appeared to be wearing a metallic'pewter-like outfit capped "with a "bubble."or dome made of the same material. - - ' ; ,

. She could, only see .it ."from what I would call the waist up" out of her stalledcar's window, and the bubble had two, rectangular slits for eyes.

There were' rib other openings in the football helmet-size dome,, she said.Based-dri-aK interview with the Huntsville woman, here is the story that ,unfolds

on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 19, 1973, oh Interstate 75 just south of Atlanta andnorth of Tifton, Ga.:

(For the !purposes of this article, the woman will be identified as Mrs. Rtfbinson.)Mrs. Robinson said she set out alone in .her car on that Friday from Huntsville

bound for Tifton. , '" . - .South "of Atlanta on Interstate 75, Mrs. Robinson .stopped at a filling station to

get gasoline arid have her car routinely checked.The tank was filled and the car certified ready. She was on her way. Traveling

at a high "irate of .speed, Mrs. Robinson was about 20 minutes north of Tifton whenher car's engine and all systems mysteriously quit working.

Her power brakes were out. Her power steering was out. Nothing worked. It wasabout 3:30 p.m. . . .

She managed to guide the car off the interstate onto the shoulder ofthe road.T h e countryside i s fairly level i n that area. " . , • ' . - , - .

"The car just quit," recalls Mrs. Robinson. "There was no noise . * .absolutelynothing.".. . ' ' . " ' - . . . " , ,

So far, that is the only strange thing that had happened. Once she was off theroad, however, she said a "strange feeling" began to creep in. Sitting numbly be-hing the wheel, she sensed something weird and turned her head slightly, slowly, .very mechanically to the left towards the road.

It was there. Standing right next to her. Her window was rolled up and shewas afraid to look it in the eyes.

"If the window was down, I could have touched it," said Mrs. Robinson.. "It wasthat close." ; , . . . - .

"I just didn't really believe it was real. But it really was. I"could see partof it, from what I would call the waist up. It was dressed in a metallic material,sort of like pewter. The bubble was made of the same material. . . there were twoopenings" for the eyes. The slits were rectangular." . - •

"Afraid, Mrs. Robinson said'she just could not bring herself to look point blanka t t h e creature. . . . . . .

The whole incident took only five or six minutes before the creature disappearedafter walking from the left side ofthe car to the front and then around tp the - '.back. . . - . .

Its gait was much like anyone's, recalls Mrs. Robinson.While she could not see below its. "waist" tp determine whether the strange

creature had legs, she did notice that when it walked, its bubble dome—or head?—seemed to be more mechanical than fluid, or skeletal.

The dome went from right to left, left to right, up and down as though it were aprogrammed robot or automation. A deduction was that it could only see out of theeye slits and those "head" turns were necessary for seeing what was not directlyin front. '

; Mrs. Robinson said she could detect no strange sounds, pdprs pr lights. She didnot see any kind pf air craft pr vehicle.

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And, she said she had not had a drink nor was she taking any kind of drug ortranquilizer.

After the creature seemed to have disappeared (she looked through her rear viewmirror but ;was afraid to turn around or make any sudden movements). Mrs. Robinsongot out of her car. She said she was afraid it might blow up or something.

She looked around and didn't sea the creature. Then, she decided to raise thehood on her car to attract a passing motorist for assistance.

But when she opened the hood to her car, smoke came billowing out. There was nofire. Only smoke.

It was intensly hot, so hot, she said, that once a wrecker got the car to agarage the hood was nearly at the melting stage. "It was so hot and the metal sosoft, that it looked like you could poke your thumb through it. But the paintwas not affected."

It was about an hour and a half after the car quit and the creature appeared thata Georgia state trooper's car stopped and called for a wrecker.

Then, another hour and a half passed (a total of three hours since the car quit)before a mechanic could touch the engine because of the heat.

Mrs. Robinson said the trooper told her there had been several other reportsfrom motorists like here that day.

Witnesses Watch UFO Landing in Pennsylvania - Hairy Creatures SeenSome 15 persons said they witnessed the landing of a huge, reddish, ball-like

object on a farm field along the Vances Mill-Bute Road in North Union township,Thursday night, Oct. 25 j and several saw "hairy creatures" in the area.

Stanley Gordon, director of the Westmoreland County UFO Study Group, and histeam of investigators were at the scene the next day to talk to witneses and taketests of the area. Nothing but normal background radiation was found; however,Gordon told the Uniontown "Evening Standard" (from which this account is written)that farm animals in the area, dogs or cows, would not go near the area where thecreatures were seen and the UFO reportedly landed, because of fear.

George Kowalczyk probably had the best view of the happening on his father'sfarm. He was driving along the road when he saw an orange light in the sky overhis father's field. He parked his truck, took his rifle and two neighbor boys toinvestigate.

"He said he watched the thing descend slowly to the ground," Gordon reported."This time it was completely white. It was about 100 feet in diameter, as big asa house, with a dome on top. It was very, very bright." •

The object made a sound similiar to that of a large lawnmower. Meanwhile, oneof the youths with Kowalczyk spotted something moving along a fence.

Kowalczyk described two creatures, one about eight feet tall and the otherabout seven feet, walking stiff-legged. They were completely covered with a dark,grayish hair, had long arms that extended almost to the ground and they were makingcrying sounds such as a baby would make. A sharp odor similar to sulphur could besmelled, which has been noted in most ofthe other sightings of such creatures.

While one of the youths ran away in fear, Kowalczyk fired a shot into the airand then directly at the creatures as they began to approach him.

"The larger creature made a moaning sound, raised his right hand and the lightin the field disappeared and the sound stopped. The two creatures then slowlywalked away," Kowaldzyk, 22, told Gordon.;.

He added that his eyes began to bother him at this time, and that the lightson his pickup truck dimmed. He got into his truck and called the State Police.

Both Gordon and a trooper at the scene acknowledged that Kowalczyk was visiblyshaken the the incident. .

No physical signs of a landing were evident and no footprints were found. However,the pasture was cropped low by grazing cattle. The investigation is continuing.Editor's Note: There have been other UFO and "creature" incidents in WestmorelandCounty this year, and we have been holding one lengthy article by Mr. Gordon, untilwe have room for it.

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ShockWave Felt in Several States, October 11— Two loud noises thought to have beensonic booms were heard over portions of Illinois. First reports, indicated that theyoccurred when a military aircraft broke the sound barrier. However, a spokesman forthe Federal Aviation Authority in Chicago said later that there "was nothing in thearea at the time that cpu Id account for it." Rock Island area residents reported toofficials they heard the boom-like noises around 7:40 p.m. and just before midnight.(Daily Review Atlas, Monmouth, 111. Credit: Russel Lusk)

A "loud boom" presumably from a supersonic..aircraft "rocked" -the northeast areaof Allen County and was more noticeable in northwestern .Ohio about 8 p.m. Sundaynight (Oct. 21). (Ft. Wayne (Indiana) News-Sentinel, Oct. 22. Credit: Francis Rit-tenhouse) . - ..

City and coun ty police were swamped with calls shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday(Oct. 11) from persons throughout Delaware County (Indiana) who thoughtthey heardan explosion. Callers said windows rattled and the ground shook. In an unrelatedmatter, county police also received a few calls Thursday night from persons whosaid they observed more UFOs over the county. The first call came just before 7p.m. (The Muncie Star, Oct..12. Credit: Joe Brill)

The "Sun-Bulletin," Binghamton, N. Y., Friday, Oct. 12, reported that a loudnoise rattled windows, scared children and flooded local police switchboards withcalls shortly before 9 last .night (again, Oct. 11). A spokesman in the-Air Forcein the Pentagon said the boom was heard over a large portion of the United States,stretching from Maryland to Cleveland, Ohio, to Strpudsburg, Pa. to Binghamton.Many local residents reported seeing a vapor trail flowing from north to south short-ly after hearing the boom* State police in Gibson, Pa, reported a house had buck-led in Lawton, Pa., and windows had been broken in Gibson as a result of the .boom. Clayton W..Coleman, acting Broome County commissioner of aviation, said hewas told by the controller at,the Broome County Airport that whatever caused thenoise "was. flying too high and too fast to be tracked by their radar." (Credit:;Doug Dains). - . . .

The "Toledo, Ohio Blade" also reported on Oct. 12 that "Police officers, news-papers, and radio stations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginiawere flooded with calls from residents .asking about the shock wave Thursday night."(Credit: N. Paquette)

In a news item out of Philadelphia in the Oct. 12 edition of the "ArkansasDemocrat" it was stated that scientists have speculated that a meteorite enter-ing earth's atmosphere may have caused a mysterious shock wave felt, over several -states. (Credit: Lou Farish). . - :

Editor -s Note: See what results when you all send in reports from your area—we get a much better picture than from any single report. It's interesting to notethat UFOs were mentioned once altho the "Muncie Star" considered that an "unrelated .matter." . . ,«

• • • .; . . , i ' i ; " • ]AF Chief of Staff Says UFOs'"Plagued us in Vietnam." 4:

U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. George S. Brown said Thursday, unidentified :fljping objects (UFOs) were reported in Vietnam during the war and even triggeredan air-sea battle in which an Australian destroyer was hit.

"I don't know if this story has ever been told," Brown told a news conference,"but they (UFOs) plagued us in Vietnam during the war." • _ '.

Brown, a former commander of the 7th Air Force in Southeast Asia, said "We didn'tcall them that. They could only be seen at night in certain places."

He said early in the summer of 1968 near the Demilitarized Zone there were aseries of sightings which set off "quite a battle with an australian destroyertaking a hit." He said there was also "some shooting" near Pleiju in the CentralHighlands in 1969. There was no -evidence in either case that North Vietnameseforces were involved. -

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moved about the same speed as an aircraft.He said some reported, visual sightings may. have been caused by refraction or

the bending of light rays as they pass through the atmosphere."Brown said the Air Force had no information about the UFOs reported sighted in

the United States in recent days. "We haven't been in the UFO business for years,"he said. . - . .Source: "Stars and Stripes," Oct. 18 Credit: Charles C. Everman.UFO Spins Car Around; Projects Deer "Backward" In Pennsylvania — A Columbia County(Pennsylvania) man says a UFO circled his auto as he was driving to work yesterdayand caused his car to be turned around on a mountainous rural road.

"It was right above the car going around and around," said Edward Deutsch, 47."When I got to the top of the mountain, it lit up the whole car, and before Iknew what happened the car was turned around and I was headed back home."

Deutsch, who commutes 70 miles daily to the Mack Truck plant in Allentown fromHazleton, said he was so frightened "it took me 10 minutes to figure out actuallywhich way I was going." The car's body was extremely hot afterward, he said.

He said the object appeared to be about the size of a traator-trailer tire and wasflying at about the level of the trees. It stayed with him about five minutes.

Deutsch also told of meeting a deer hunter who saw the unidentified flying objecthovering while two deer walking across the road were projected backward.

After that experience, he decided to call his hunting trip off.Source: Pennsylvania "Harrisburg Evening News," Oct. 18, 1973. Credit: Ruth Gamble.

UFOs In Minnesota— The Olmsted-County sheriff's office got two calls about 8 p.m.from Rochester and Chatfield, Tuesday night, Oct. 16, reporting UFOs. Radar atRochester Airport reported no unusual blips on the screen and said the callersprobably saw a helicopter that flew over about that time.

That satisfied everyone until about 9:45 p.m. when a deputy sheriff on patrolin Stewartville radioed the sheriff's offee he had just spotted "an object eastof Stewartville, flying quite high." (Rochester "Post-Bulletin," Oct. 17; Credit,Ed Scott).

Just after sunrise Thursday, Oct. 18, a weather service meteorologist and aFederal Aviation Administration flight controller at Rochester said they watchedan unidentified flying object flash across the eastern sky.

Carl Schilling, flight controller, said the silver object "was too fast for ajet or balloon," He said it disappeared when it arrived at another unidentifiedoccurrence—-a narrow line across the sky which appeared a short time earlier.

Leroy Martell, the weatherman, called the narrow line "the weirdest formationI've ever seen."Source*: "Oelwein Daily Register," la., Oct. 18, Credit: Patrick Crowley,

UFO Over Arizona Makes "Swishing" Sound —An oval-shaped flying object with bright „blue lights was sighted by an Army military policeman at the Yuma Proving GroundsThursday, Oct. 18. .

Sgt. Thomas Spilde saw the strange fljing object while on patrol late Thursdaynight just west of Highway 95 and north of the Martinez Lake Road. He said he wasdriving up a small hill for a security che.ckon three trailers when he saw the ob-ject approaching from the east. He lost vite al contact, momentarily, but stoppedhis vehicle and located the object again. It was stopped about 500 yards to thenorth at eye level; It hovered about three minutes, giving Spilde time to hold aradio microphone out of the jeep so that a dispatcher at the proving grounds couldhear the noise, reported to be a swishing sound similar to that of a rope beingtwisted in 'the air.Spilde told Yuma County sheriff's deputies the object was surrounded by bright

blue, strobe-type lights. " It was much larger than a fighter plane, he said. Itmoved toward a chemical testing area, hovered a couple of seconds, then headednorth and upward at a high rate of speed. Another guard on patrol also saw the object.Source: "The Arizona Republic," Oct. 20. Credit: Shirley Marlowe.

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What's New In Mississippi? "An unidentified submerged illuminating, object."

Another strange object- has been sighted on the Pascagoula River- in Mississippiwhere Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson reported being taken aboard a spacecraft byweird creatures Oct. 11 (complete report in November SKILOOK).

The Coast Guard called the latest sighting "an unidentified submerged illumin-ating object." " . . ' . '

Raymond Ryan, 42, said he saw the object while fishing on the river Tuesdaynight, Nov. 6. The Coast Guard confirmed the sighting. Ryan said the underwaterlight followed his boat and repeated efforts to beat the thing away with an oaronly made t h e light g e t dimmer. . - • • . • : . • • •

At-first, he related, he decided not to tell anyone about the sighting. Much ...publicity,has surroundedthe reported sighting several weeks ago of an unidentifiedflying object in the same vicinity by two other fisherman.

But Ryan said he finally summoned his twin brother, Rayme, and the two of themwent back to the brackish waters and poked at the light with oars again.

The Coast Guard station in New Orleans said Wednesday the Ryan brothers went toCoast Guard officials in Pascagoula.

At 9:40 p.m. the Coast Guard dispatched a 16-foot boat to investigate theobject, a spokesman said. The object was located in four to six feet of water,moving at 4 to 6 knots. The officers described it as "an amber beam, 4 to 6 inchesin diameter, attached to a bright metal object."

Coast Guard officials said they tried to retrieve the object, but "it wouldappear to go out and move away and then reappear." The report said the objecttraveled on several different courses during the hour they had it under surveillance.

The spokesman said the Ryan brothers.were sober and concerned when they reportedthe light. Thecoast Guard said it would forward the report to Washington, D. C.

Editor's Note: Our staff reporter, Joe Brill, typed this as it came off thewire, Nov. 8; and, as we go to press (Nov. 20} nothing more has been heard ofthis. Another government clamp down?

Hickson and Parker have willingly undergone various tests and interviews, withresults all indicating they told the truth about their experience.

There have been other reports from Mississippi. On Friday, Oct. 12,. Lt. Robert ALeonardo of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office said he, about nine deputiesand some civilians saw a huge light which hovered about 800 to 1,000 feet over theAvery Estates area, early Monday, Oct. 8. . -

Lonardo, who said the object appeared larger than a 747, added the light wasbrighter than the moon yet did not illuminate the landscape. He said while the objectwas in the area all radio transmission was impossible. Lt. Julius Payton, whowas also at the scene, said he and his men took both still pictures and movies of theobject. He said the still pictures did not come out and the movie film is being .processed.He and his deputies did, however, play for reporters a recording of whatthey said was the sound the craft made, a rather high pitched whirring noise.

Lt. Payton said the deputies went to the area when they were notified by a deputywho waslistening to his citizen's band radio and heard Miss Barbara Smith, Rt. 6,Slidell,had recorded unusual sounds on her CB radio, sounds which later appearedto be eminating from the strange craft.

Lt. Lonardo said the UFO hovered over the scene for about an hour after he gotthere then "the noise increaised and it shot straight up out of sight."

The officer said a little later the craft appeared in the distance going towardsNew Orleans and again later, appeared coming back in the opposite direction at agreataltitude. He said the last time they saw the craft it appeared to be pursuedby a jet, but "its speed was about 100 times greater than the plane." ("The TimesPicayune," New Orleans, La. Oct. 14. Credit: Walt Andrus). .

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UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain: . . . . ... . . . . .'.•'. by Joe Brill '

; 'UFOTs Over Czechoslovakia '

The following article is from.the September l6,: 1973 '- -edition of SMENA and was titled "A Wonder in the Sky" " • • • •(Published in Bratislav)- '

What have the-citizens of Bratislav observed in the sky? Yesterdayperhaps many people were disa-ppointed riot to find any mention in their,newspapers of the fact of a strange appearance in the sky Thursday,-:September 13th. They looked in vain, because no.public, information wasreleased in the' press, that, on Thursday afternoon at about -6:00 p.m.many'citizens of Bratislav were looking up intensively at the sky andhotly, debating 'what that mysterious object in the sky, lighted by the ;rays of the setting sun might "be. Hviezdqslav Square looked like a big '•public exhibition center. At the bus stops you could'see groups ofpeople looking up, debating if that mysterious bright object might bea flying saucer. Total strangers began 'lively discussions .about,.it and,many foreign tourists in front of the Carlton Hotel were taking'-photographsof the object and using their binoculars to get a better look at it.."I see small atenaes." one girl was saying, trying to convince-the'restof the passengers, 'as she entered the bus. For a change the passengers.;were not silent-and somber looking but ail of them were deeply^ interestedin that mysterious object up there in the sky. From all Bratislav windowsthe people were using even their theater binoculars trying-to locate the""Invading Martians". • •"".' : " " "-" ' '

•What was it to upset the entire city of Bratislav? ~ Early the nextmorning-the Astronomical Institute (SAV) was flooded with telephone" "' ' ;

calls. "What was it?" Members of the institute also observed the objectand thought perhaps it was a baloon. What was strange, however-wasthat the object had an irregular form and through binoculars, one could'see a structure of some sort of balloon divided by .plastic panels. Atthe same time telephone calls were received from Zilina that they wereobserving the same strange object. The problem was, that the myster-ious object was/not'that high that it would have been possible to seeit at the same time in Bratislav and Zilina. Therefore the people inZiiina must have been observing'some other object. Military jet 'fight-ers (MIG 21Ts) from Piestiany were dispatched to. investigate, and identifythe strange object. They climbed to ari altitude of 19 kilometers, butthe unidentified object, was more than 10 kilometers higher. This welearned from the workers of the Meteorological Institute in Ivanke.There we also learned .that at that height the wind current was blowingfrom the Southwest. In other words, that mysterious object would haveto have come from somewhere-Southwest of Bratislav:if it was dependentof the wind 'current for it's flight direction. ' • . .

At the Ivanke Airport the workers rebuked us that as newsmen we didnot write anything about the appearance."of this "wonder".. They informedus that.they had observed five, unidentified flying objects for twentyminutes.- First'they'appeared as saucer shaped craft, turned upsidedown,then they changed to a pyramid form, from which a brilliant white lightwas emitted, such as that as was seen in Bratislav. They were unwilling .to give out any more information than that. ,- . •

By telephone we'Called the Meteorological institute on the top ofLomnicky Stit.Mountain in High Tatra. They had seen nothing strange and(continued) . , • •

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had been observing Jupiter and it's three little mo.ons at the time,- butthey were positive "that as experts of' sky watching they "would not' confusethem with whatever mysterious objects we observed- and which are describedabove. ' ' • . " ' " ' • ' .

In Prague at the observatory, they-were informed about the strangeobject seen in Zilina, but had not seen anything themselves strange orunusual. They called Ondrejov, but the officials''there had not seen any-thing mysterious either. They did admit, however, that it may have beena meteorological- balloon, which .could have angular forms, especially,when we discussed the French and Austrian, balloons.. They might have beenreflecting the sunlight of the setting sun, since a balloon would be at •a great height. . . ;

From all this information and conversation we can not say for surewhat the real answer is for all this attention and disturbance in ourcities, but the most logical and easiest explanation is. the one that was.given to us. That was that those strange objects that ;were seen were .probably just meteorological balloons that went astray." •,."

• . - , . . . by: Bubos Kriz

NBC TV News White Paper on UFO.Ts Cancelled .

It was a.great disappointment to learn from Ralph Blum (writer) thatthe one-hour TV News Special on "UFO's-Over America" had been cancelleddue to budgeting reasons. The Directors, film and sound crews from Los -Angeles, were already in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to start filming, whenthe word was received from New-York City. ,

The November issue of SKYLOOK was in the mail when we regretfully .wereinformed of this decision' therefore, the announcement ;could not be re-tracted . . .

UFO's Qver Chicago • , ' . : . . ' .

Source: Chicago. Tribune, November £th, Credit..: .Joe Brill --Those " .UFO's which have been causing mouth-gaping in the Southeast now are_beingreported in the Chicago area.' Hazel Crest Police Sgt. Andrew Gammill-and Patrolman Wayne- Wolfe radioed their station they saw. UFOVs three timeswithin 40 minutes, starting at 6:51 a.m. yesterday. Then the flying amber-colored whatever-it-is headed for nieghboring Homewood and then appearedover the Dixie. Square Shopping Center, 15201 Dixie Hwy, Harvey, where aa citizen told Harvey police about it. .

UFO Chases Canadians , ... . . . •

Source: Kansas City Star, November llth, Credit: Larry. Wright —Ottawa, Canada-An Ottawa.family says an unidentified flying object withflashing white lights chased their truck along a highway, at speeds, upto 10,0 miles an hour. . . - ;

Rick Bouchard,, 25, his wife, Donna, and their three small childrenwere returning to Ottawa Thursday-.

"Then T noticed these bright lights in my side-view mirror." saidBouchard. • . - • ;- - . . . - • •

He said he drove at speeds up to 100.miles an hour to escape a 10-foot wide, oval-shaped object with flashing, white .lights. - ;The -UFOcame within 15 feet .of • the. truck during the chase and hovered aboutfour feet over the road, he said. It finally disappeared behind treesand the Bouchards telephoned police.

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Flying Saucer Is Seen In Peru-rA Lima, Peru, architect said Monday, Oct. 22, 1973,he and a client stood 50 yardsfrom a flying saucer "shaped like an overturned soupplate" and he photographed the object and offered his pictures as proof.

Hugo Luyo. and his client were in search of a home site for.-the latter and haddriven about 54 miles inland along the Rimac River when they came to a stop near avalley surrounded by tall hills. - < •

In the midst of their survey, the client pointed out a shining object advancingslowly from the bottom of the valley. Luyo ran to his car for his camera.

"When I pointed my camera and took the picture, the object was less than 50 yardsaway from us and about 20 yards off the ground," he said. "Suddenly the object chang-ed direction, headed toward the east and increased its speed. It rose off the groundas if trying to avoid some high tension wires that came down from the top of one ofthe hills and.crossed the valley, and disappeared from view."

Luyo;said the object "was the color of burnished silver. It was shaped like anoverturned soup plate with a cupola on the top. At the very top of the cupola,there was a round object giving off a fixed sky-blue light. Lower on the cupola,.wecould see a row of small windows like portholes in a ship." . ,

On the bottom of the object, he said, was what appeared to be "the propulsiveforce of the object—a dark red throbbing light that was aimed toward the groundfrom a sorb of turbine in the middle of the upside down plate. Near the turbine-like part, we could see protuberances like half -eggs."

The object picked up speed and disappeared in less than 30 seconds. . ."But from the minute that I held in my hand the Polaroid photograph, I had proof

that what my client and,I saw was not an optical illusion," Luyo said. "In themiddle of the three-by-four-inch photograph, we could see the flying saucer, eventhe row of rounded windows. After this experience I am really convinced that flyingsaucers exist. So is my client." • . . .Source: UPI report in "Kirksville Daily Express" (Mo.), Oct. 23, 1973. Credit: Joe Brill

Orange Lights Over Belgium—During the first half of this year 1973, many sightingswere reported to the.Belgian UFO groups and concerned mainly lights in motion. Manywere probably passages of the SKYLAB capsule and debris, as the Pageos satellite wasvisible in Belgium... . The.valuable case concerns three snapshots showing a groupof orange lights traveling in the sky. Many rows of houses are visible in the shadow. •The sighting took place between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM in the night of 'Feb. 27, 1973.Credit: Jacques Bonabot, MUFON Representative, Bruges, Belgium.

Argentines Sight UFO— Bahia Blance, Argentine (AP). Six persons in an airbase con-trol tower watched a flying sphere for 20 minutes yesterday, then entered it in thelog as an unidentified flying object, the Argentine navy reported. The navy saidvisibility was excellent at. the time, and it knew of no aircraft, satellites orballoons in the area, 360 miles south of Buenos Aires.Source: "The Kansas City Star," Nov. A, 1973.

Outbuilding Roofs Lifted and Crash on Roof of House. UFO Seen. Roodepoort. AfricaA startled Roodepoort (si.A.~couple~~saw a large flaming object with a smoke

trail,disappearing over the trees near their home after the roof of their outbuildingswas dumped on.their home the night of Sept. 13, 1973.

Mx«. and Mrs. Piet Mans had just gone to bed at 9:30 at their home on Main ReefRoad. Suddenly their little dog, Baksie, started barking frantically;at the same timeJohan, the 9-year old son, ran into their bedroom and said he felt as if somethingwas going to happen.

And it did! Out of the still, calm night came a thunderous explosion and thensomething crashed on the roof of their, house.

The Mans jumped out of bed and ran to the back door. Their plot appeared to belit up as if the sun had risen.

"It was eerie,* Mrs. Mans said. "Then I saw a flaming saucer-like object with asmaller golden ball beneath it emitting sparks and smoke, disappear over the treesabout 90m from the house. I thought it was an optical illusion and wiped my eyes

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but then my husband said he also saw the ball of fire."Mr. Mans said he then saw that the corrugated-iron" roof of the double garage .

and store room next to the house, had lifted and landed on the back of the roofof their home.

People in an excited state then arrived and said they saw the UFO. The Manscalled the Roodepoort Fire Brigade who removed the corrugated iron sheets. Theysaid they saw a black patch on the roof. Firemen searched the plot but could notfind anything unusual. , •

Mr. L. Smith, of Discovery, said he and his wife were traveling on OntdekkersRoad when they saw the UFO briefly.Source: "Johannesburg Star," Africa, Sept. 14, 1973. Credit: Joe Brill.

African Astronomer Watches Bright Ob.lect— At 7:45 p.m. on Thursday evening of thisweek, Frans de Bruyn, of Adamayview, Klerksdorp (Africa) was looking at the nightsky (he is a keen amateur astronomer) when he saw a "bright, luminous obj ect movingfrom east to west at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizon."

Mr. de Bruyn ran in to call his father, who came out immediately. As they watched, -the UFO moved upward at an angle of 90 degrees to its original course. -

"It moved through the clouds which I judged to be at a height of about 3,000meters." . . •• ' '

A similar claim was made by a resident of Roodeport, who said that shortly afterhe had seen it, the roof was blown off his house.Source: Western TVL Record, Sept. 21, 1973. Credit: Lou Parish. '

More UFOs Seen In. Africa — Six Berea residents watched an unidentified flying objectthrough binoculars last night (Oct. 3) while another sighting was reported over adifferent part of Durban.

One of the reports had air traffic controllers scurrying to their radar, only to'find a blank, screen. -

The six residents watched a pulsating, blue-rimmed object for more than half anhour- from the top of Hopelands Court in.Hopelands Road on the Berea about 8 P.M.

"It was rimmed with bluej but the colours inside continually changed from red togreen and yellow," said sales representative Mr. Rob Louw.

"Other people in the block came running up to see what it was, and we watched itsink gently down about over Pinetown. It was lost to view while still quite highfrom the ground," he said.

Meanwhile an independent report of a similar object over Jacobs had the airtraffic controllers searching blank skies about the same time.Source: " Daily News," Durban, S. Africa, Oct. 4, 1973 Credit: Joe Brill.

Gisbome. Australia Residents See Glowing Disc With Rotating Lights and Bright JetsHarold H. Fulton, MUFON Director for New Zealand, continues to send in reports

from his country. On the night of Nov 9, 1973, T. C. Foss and his son John, 15, ofGisborne, watched a glowing disc for eight minutes with binocu lars.

He described the object as shaped like a disc with fanned sides and straightat the back; . .

"There was a series of.blue glows on the side which seemed to rotate, and astraight series of bright jets at the back. The object was very large and travel-ing in a definite flight course at a rapid speed," the Morere farmer said. He addedthat one of the.farm workers and several neighbors also saw the object, but not asclearly, as they did not have binoculars.

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In Others' Words . . . By Lucius Parish

Recent issues of NATIONAL ENQUIRER have continued to feature UFO articles. TheNov. 4 issue reported on September sightings in Georgia and Alabama; the Nov. 25issue contained a very interesting article on Soviet interception of apparentlyintelligent radio signals from space; and the Dec. 2 issue told of recent UFO sight-ings in Michigan.

The Nov. 18 NATIONAL TATTLER devoted considerable space to the Pascagoula, Miss,incident and other recent reports, and also contained an "ancient astronauts"-typearticle dealing with ancient stone figures in Mexico.

NATIONAL INSIDER for Nov. 11 published a photo of a UFO allegedly seen in Florida,as well as reviewing recent UFO activity.

The only UFO material in Dec. SAGA is that contained in John Keel's regularcolumn, "Ancient Astronauts, Modern Mysteries."

The Dec. -Issue of PROBE THE UNKNOWN features Hayden Hewes1 version of the Aurora,Texas "crashed airship" investigations.

Peter Kolosimo's book, NOT OF THIS WORLD, is now available in paperback fromBantam Books for $1.25.

For persons int crested in the "Bermuda Triangle," there is now a bibliographyof books, periodicals articles, newspaper stories, etc., which is a valuable re-search-guide. Although it runs to.seven pages, it is not all-inclusive and thecompilers welcome additional items for future editions. The bibliography may beobtained from Larry Kusche, University Library, Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ \85281. The price is $2.00 plus a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

Jean Sendy's most recent paperback is entitled THE COMING OF THE GODS and iswell worth reading. I was not too impressed by the author's previous work, THOSEGODS WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, but this new title is far more interesting andhelpful. Basically, Sendy is a proponent of the theory that the legendary "gods"were space visitors who played a major role in the development of early man. Hisinterpretations of Biblical events in the light of his theory are certainly foodfor thought. I consider his comments of UFOs to be "all wet," but I would definitelyrecommend the book for those who are fascinated (as I am) by such speculations.The Sendy book may be obtained from Berkley Publishing Corp., 200 Madison Ave., N. Y,,N. Y. 10016 for 95# (plus 15£ postage, if ordered by mail).

Brinsley LePoer Trench is one of England's most prolific authors of books onUFOs, having now written six books on the subject. His latest is entitled MYSTERIOUSVISITORS—THE UFO STORY. Most of the book is taken up with a summary of UFO eventsand thinking over the past few years and may be a bit on the re-hash side forUfologists. All the familiar subjects are here—UFOs and religionj UFOs in his-tory, teleportations, parapsychology and UFOs, "window" areas, etc. In the latterpart of the book, Trench discusses the concept that man is a hybrid being, quot-ing from other writers on the subject. Perhaps the most valuable material is foundin Chapter 29, "The Instantaneous Way to the Stars," wherein Trench covers thetheories of so-called "hyperspace" or shortcuts to the stars. Two appendices listdescriptions of UFO shapes and give the names/addresses of the members of CONTACT,the UFO group headed by Trench. The book also contains some interesting photos andillustrations. It is available for $6.95 from Stein & Day, 7 East 48 St., N. Y.,N. Y. 10017 '

The Pascagoula paper has put out a booklet, UFO'S OVER MISSISSIPPI, which con-tains reprints of the articles they've carried since the Hickson/Parker incident.I understand the copies are limited, so can't guarantee that the readers would beable to get one, but the address is: UFO'S c/o MISSISSIPPI PRESS, P. 0. Box 849,Pascagoula,Mississippi, 3956?. The price is $1.00.

Another cartoon. One be-ribboned General to another in Pentagon office: " Anotherunidentified flying object sighting. Isn't it your turn to poo-pooh it?"Credit: Paul Cerny.

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ASTRONOMY NOTES The December Sky Venus is seen as a very bright object in thesouthwestern sky just after sunset, the planet sets at 8:15 PMDec. 1st and at 7:30 PM Jan. 1st. Mars is now fading in bright-

ness and may be seen in the high southern sky, setting at 3:30 AM Dec. 1st and at2:00 AM Jan. 1st. Jupiter, located between Venus and Mars, is seen in the southernsky after sunset. Jupiter sets at 8:00 FM Dec. 1st and at 7:30 FM Jan. 1st. Saturnmay be seen in.the high southern sky as it rises at 6:30 PM on Dec. 1st and at 6: 0-FM on Jan. 1st. —Ted Phillips.

Comet Kohoutek — The comet should be visible to the unaided eye on Nov. l th. Itwill be visible in the low southeast about 2 to 3 hours before sunrise. It will atfirst appear as a rather faint, fuzzy object. It should appear to be slightly elon-gated with little tail visible. Nov. 15 to Nov. 30—visible about 3 hours beforesunrise, low southeast near horizon, this will probably be the best observation timeperiod before the comet passesinto the evening sky. Dec. 1 to Dec. 15—about 2 hoursbefore sunrise, southeast low to the horizon. From Dec. 15 to Dec. 28 it will bemuch nearer the position of the sun before sunrise. Jan. 1st to Jan. 1.5—visiblefrom sunset until about 2 hours after sunset, southwestern sky. January 15 should bethe best time to observe the comet during its visible period. It should be visibleto the unaided eye until about Feb. 15th. —Ted Phillips.

The Constellations - Triangulum (The Triangle) — The Triangle is one of the olderconstellations, apparently given a place of its own from ancient times in spite ofits lack of bright stars. The Greeks called it Deltoton and it was so known to the -early astronomers. The delta is the Greek Letter D, which is a triangle. Triangulumculminates at 9PM on Dec. 7.

Almost on the eastern edge of Triangulum is M-33, the great spiral galaxy inTriangulum. This galaxy is at about the same distance from our galaxy as M-31,the Andromeda galaxy—about 2 million light years. M-33 is diffuse and withoutdefinite arm structure.

This concludes my series of constellations. I hope our readers found it interestingand informative. In closing I would like to quote the following from a book publishedby the Knights of Columbus: "God can be found anywhere, particularly at the end ofa telescope. The earth, the moon, the planets, the sun and millions of stars billionsof miles away all prove that a superhuman power put them there. Men like Columbus whosailed into the unknown seas or the astronauts who have rocketed into unexploredspace .have been impressed by that superhuman power and have prayed to it because thatpower is God." .

In this constellation series I have covered some of th.e most prominent constella-tions seen in the northern hemisphere at a latitude of approximately AO degrees north.Constellations like Orion, and Aurus, Leo and Ursa Major have been known since an-cient times. • -- '

Since Galileo invented the first astronomical telescope in 1609 many new dis-coveries have been made by astronomers—as John and William Herschel, Kepler, Cop-ernicus and more recently Dr. Clyde Tombaugh and Dr. Harlow Shapley. From the prim-itive telescope of Galileo to the 200 inch reflector at Mt. Palomar, millionsofnew galaxies, nebulae etc have been observed. Perhaps the most significant beingthe recent discovery of pulsars and quasars. The last objects, according to astron-omers, could be at the very edge of the universe about 12 billion light years away.

Editor's Note: We can assure Mark his series has been read and enjoyed, asthis page has always been the subject of favorable comment, from our readers. Weonly wish we could give it more space. And we'll be hearing more from Mark.

Did you see this cartoon? Two little flying occupants are peering into a windowof Sky lab. Says one: "It appears to be powered by that guy on the bicycle."

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Organization News From Around the Network Stan Gordon. Director of the West-moreland County, (Pa.) UFO Study Group,and MUFON's state director, spoke on

UFOs on radio station WMAQ, Chicago, 111., Oct. 31; on WJW, Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 3and WOC, Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 4, 1973. He continues to receive fine cooperationfrom the news media around Greensburg and beyond, and has been having more UFO sight-ings referred to him than he and his investigators can keep up with—a statementthat is being made all over MUFONland these days. Ted Phillips, of Sedalia, Mo.,and'MUFON Secretary, appeared on the Show-Me Forum, Channel 7 TV, Central MissouriState University TV station, Warrensburg, on an hour-long UFO program with re-porters from local radio stations and newspapers present. On Nov. 8 Mr. Phillipsaddressed the Psychical Research Society in Kansas City; Nov. 1 the Fulton Jaycees25th Reunion Dinner at Fulton; and will speak Dec. 18 in Blue Springs, Mo., to theChamber of Commerce. Clarence Dargie, of 0' Fallen, 111., made six lectures inOctober ; five for November and is booked until May. He reports he enjoyed meet-ing Erich von Daniken and appearing on the program with him at Southern IllinoisUniversity at Edwardsville the latter part of October. The two promised to keepin touch with each other. On October 26 Mr. Dargie addressed the students at Collins-ville High School (111.) and was told he could have all the time he wanted. Thesession started at 7:30 A.M. and he managed to break away from the enthusiasticand interested students at 12V30 p.m. George D. Fawcett. of Mount Airy, N.C.,appeared on the Bill Boggs Interview Program, Nov. 12 over WGHP TV with a panel ofAstronaut James Irwin and Astronomy Professor Wayne Christiansen of the Universityof North Carolina. He addressed his hometown high school (Mount Airy Senior High)and faculty and the large student body at George Witt High School in Whythesville,Virginia recently. On Nov. 20, Mr. Fawcett gives his 2| hour lecture "UFOs-StillUnknown" at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem. He statesUFO reports have been received from 35 cities and towns in North Carolina, withmore than 100 cases during the past three weeks."We are "swamped," he writes.The October meeting of the UFO Study Group of Greater St.Louis was held Sunday,the 21st, at the Lemay Bank & Trust Co., 152 Lemay Ferry Rd., St. Louis, withnearly one hundred persons present. There will be no meeting in November, but theDecember meeting will be held at' 2 PM Sunday, Dec. 2, at the regular meeting place.Dr. Peter R. Phillips, Professor of Physics at the Washington University in St. Louis,was the guest speaker at the October meeting and discussed representative examplesof parapsychological phenomena, psychokinesis, telepathy and the paranormal "talents"of Uri Geller and Ted Serios, then answered questions from the audience. John F.Schuessler,.Director of the Group, gave an account of the UFO reports throughSeptember and early October, including the Pascagougla, Mississippi, case. Dr.W. P. Armstrong lauded the increased news coverage of UFO reports, citing speci-fically recent programs, interviews, or articles carried by NB C-TV, KMOX radioand the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch." Several members of the UFO Study Group wereinterviewed by Mr. John Moore, a reporter for the newly established bi-weekly jour-nal "St. Louis Today." Our new SKYLOOK reporter, David A. Schroth, who keeps usup to date on St. Louis news, sent us a copy of "St. Louis Today" and the Nov. 9-23edition carried a page and a half of UFO news, featuring recent reports and thework being done by the St. Louis Group and MUFON. By the way, if you noticed Davewasn't listed on the staff in the November issue, it was because the printer madea mistake and used the old September plate instead of the new one for Octobnr. Weare sure Page 1 in this issue will be "right on." Dr. W. P. Armstrong presentedan illustrated talk entitled "UFOs Are Real" to the Forder School P.T.A in St.Louis, Nov. 2. WIL radio, St. Louis, conducted a number of brief interviews withJohn Schuessler, Bill Christian. John Preisack, Dennis Hovis and others duringthe daylight and evening hours of Oct. 31. . Leonard Sturm appeared on a radio talkshow in Decatur, 111. Oct. 30.Editor's Note: There is more, brat we are out of space.-—Ye Ed.

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Message, Continued From Page 2 : •address of the person reporting the sighting.A UFO sighting report form will bemailed to the "caller" for completion. If the "caller" desires to give a verbalreport immediately, they will be given another telephone number to call (longdistance toll charges paid by the caller) at which time their report will berecorded by the operator. Sherman Larson, Director of the "Public Education Group!'(P.E.G.), a tax exempt non-profit corporation, is the organization that is spear-,heading this "breakthrough" in UFO research. (Sherm is MUFON's. State-SectionDirector for Cook County in Illinois.) Dr. Hynek is one of the Corporate Directorsof .P.E.G. MUFON heartily endorses this effort and has committed its. support.

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-I want to thank all of the wonderful people who have flooded us with newspaperclippings and UFO sighting reports during the past two months. If you think the UFOflap in the southeastern states has subsided, simply turn your attention to Cali- /fornia, which has now attracted the attention of the wire services. Both IdabelEpperson and Paul Cerny are being deluged wit h reports.

It-would be impossible to list all of the radio and television program that.MUFON members have participated in from coast to coast during the past month. Thegreat influx of mail is evidence of the public relations effectiveness of theseappearances. May we express our appreciation to all of you who either carriedthe UFO story to the public via electronics or were interviewed by your local news-papers and the national wire services.

Walt AndrusDirector, MUFON

To All Of Our Readers: A warm thank you for your support and cooperation during1973,- and our very best wishes for Happy Holidays and a true Christmas spiritthat will carry over all through 1974.—Your Editor and Staff.

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